You didn't think of angels as white or black. They were angels.

I was never a liberal. I was radical. I was cynical. I was negative. But, I was never a liberal. I always saw that as too lukewarm for me.

I think segregation is bad, I think it's wrong, it's immoral. I'd fight against it with every breath in my body, but you don't need to sit next to a white person to learn how to read and write. The NAACP needs to say that.

The myths that are created about the South, about the way we grew up, about black people, are wrong.

I grew up in a religious environment, and I'm proud of it.

My grandfather could barely read. My grandmother had a sixth-grade education. They were people who were industrious. They were frugal.

The truth of the matter is we have become more interested in designer jeans and break dancing than we are in obligations and responsibilities.